This bar chart visually represents how mastering different numbers of Chinese characters affects your ability to comprehend modern Chinese texts. For example, knowing the top 100 characters enables you to understand approximately 50% of the text, while 500 characters increase this to 75%. As your knowledge expands to 1000 and 2000 characters, your comprehension rises to 89% and 97% respectively. Complete mastery of 3000 characters provides almost full coverage at 99%. This chart underscores the importance of focusing on frequently used characters in your Chinese learning journey.